Marie Howe will be in Acton this month to receive the 17th Annual Robert Creeley Award! She will read from her work at a free public reading at 7:30 p.m. at the Acton-Boxborough Regional High School auditorium, 36 Charter Road, Acton. Old Frog Pond Farm & Studio is a sponsor of this event.

Marie Howe is the author of three books of poetry: The Kingdom of Ordinary Time, The Good Thief, and What the Living Do. She is also the co-editor of a book of essays, In the Company of My Solitude: American Writing From the AIDS Pandemic. Her poems have appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Poetry, Agni, Ploughshares, Harvard Review, and The Partisan Review, among others.Find a full bio of Marie Howe at www.robertcreeleyfoundation.org

Old Frog Pond Farm & Studio

Old Frog Pond Farm is one of the only a pick your own certified organic orchards in Massachusetts. Located in Harvard, MA, the farm is open for pick your own apples and raspberries late August to Columbus Day.